The mainstream consensus on PRC silicon has been "the gap exists, but is closing" for a long time[1][2]. I think you might be confusing the algorithmically-cast shadows on the cave wall that you're sat in front of for a reasonable and unbiased sample. Can you provide any reason to believe that your data points are actually generalizable? From your tone it sounds more like you're a victim of getting outrage baited into engagement, and mistaking observations made in that envelope for a high quality data source. You gotta watch out for that mate.

[1] - https://www.eastwestcenter.org/sites/default/files/private/i...

[2] - https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/journals/chinese_semi...

It was one of the reasons why Jensen was against the export controls

Isn't it common knowledge that every better mouse trap breeds smarter mice?

Third party here, I feel like I'm missing something. Your comment seems somewhat pointed and I don't understand what exactly you're asking for?

Weren't they just saying that it's self-evident that preventing a manufacturing superpower - one with a significant pool of industrial engineers and effectively unlimited money & government backing - from acquiring some good is a temporary measure? Because if they have sufficient incentive, they would just... Learn to build it themselves?

After all, their entire nation is built around building things, and catching up / leap-frogging is much easier than starting from scratch.

Yes - I am old enough to remember the Biden admin’s October 7th sanctions, and the chatter about the US having another unipolar moment.

Look into the history clases will be enough. Why would I need to prove anything to a random stranger on the internet?